Section 16-25A-18 Generic equivalent medication. - Alabama Statutes

Section 16-25A-18

Generic equivalent medication.

As a condition of participation in the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Programs (PEEHIP), a pharmacist shall dispense a generic equivalent medication to fill a prescription for a patient covered by PEEHIP when one is available unless the physician indicates in longhand writing on the prescription "medically Necessary" or "dispense as written" or "do not substitute". The generic equivalent drug product dispensed shall be pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent and contain the same active ingredient, or ingredients and shall be of the same dosage, form, and strength.

(Act 2002-266, p. 549, §1.)